Danielle C Ompad

Professor of Epidemiology

Professional overview

Dr. Danielle Ompad is an epidemiologist whose work is focused in the areas of urban health, HIV, illicit drug use, and adult access to vaccines. With respect to illicit drug use, her work has spanned the entire natural history of addiction – from initiation to cessation, with particular attention paid to risk for infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and STIs.  She has primarily worked with people who use heroin, crack, cocaine, and/or club drugs.  

In New York City, she has been examining heroin cessation among current, former, and relapsed heroin users. Working with Alliance for Public Health and the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, she analyzes harm reduction service utilization among people who inject drugs, in order to optimize service delivery in Ukraine.  Since 2013, she has served as faculty for the Fogarty-funded New York State International Training and Research Program with the goal of building research capacity in Ukraine.

Dr. Ompad’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-funded study aims to determine if herpes simplex 1 and 2 infections explain racial disparities in HIV incidence among a cohort of young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM).  In addition, Dr. Ompad and colleagues are assessing HPV infection prevalence, persistence, and clearance among this same cohort.

Education

BS, Biology, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

MHS, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Honors and awards

Excellence in Public Health Teaching Award, New York University (2014)

Excellence in Public Health Teaching Award, New York University (2013)

National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Scientific Development Travel Fellowship (2010)

Delta Omega Honorary Society, Alpha Chapter (2002)

Areas of research and study

Epidemiology

HIV/AIDS

Infectious Diseases

Social Determinants of Health

STIs

Substance Abuse

Vaccines

Publications

Publications

Men who purchase sex, who are they? an interurban comparison

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Methods to Measure the Impact of Home, Social, and Sexual Neighborhoods of Urban Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

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Resources and interest among faith based organizations for influenza vaccination programs

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Beyond income : Material resources among drug users in economically-disadvantaged New York City neighborhoods

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Evidence for a syndemic in aging hiv-positive gay, bisexual, and other msm : Implications for a holistic approach to prevention and health care

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Factors associated with differential uptake of seasonal influenza immunizations among underserved communities during the 2009-2010 influenza season

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Comparison of HIV risk by duration of injection drug use

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HIV risk behaviors among young drug using women who have sex with women (WSWs) in New York city

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Individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics associated with support of in-pharmacy vaccination among ESAP-registered pharmacies : Pharmacists role in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccinations in New York city

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Intimate partner violence perpetration and condom use-related factors : Associations with heterosexual men's consistent condom use

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Physical Urban Environment

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Physical Urban Environment

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Roundtable on urban living environment research (RULER)

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Comparison of injection drug users accessing syringes from pharmacies, syringe exchange programs, and other syringe sources to inform targeted HIV prevention and intervention strategies

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Healthy urban governance

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Hidden cities : unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings

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Household density among undocumented mexican immigrants in New York City

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Intimate partner violence and consistent condom use among drug-using heterosexual women in New York City

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Reducing drug use, human immunodeficiency virus risk, and recidivism among young men leaving jail : Evaluation of the real men re-entry program

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Sexual risk reduction among non-injection drug users : Report of a randomized controlled trial

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Vaccinating high-risk patients against influenza: Doing more to protect patients with asthma

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Neighborhood characteristics and disability in older adults

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Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic

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The prevalence and types of gambling among undocumented mexican immigrants in New York City

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Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban area

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